GRE Word List

POTENTIAL

existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality

The meaning of the word potential is existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality.

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WordMeaning
degeneratehaving declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state
disingenuouslacking in candor
edifyto instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift
symbiosisthe living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism)
exoticintroduced from another country : not native to the place where found
constituenta member of a constituency
compassionsympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it
disheveledmarked by disorder or disarray
deftcharacterized by facility and skill
consecratededicated to a sacred purpose